SanCerre Says - clothing, jewellery and other musings

Last year, I decided that the best way to be efficient and maximize my output was to be the Queen of multi-tasking. Eating breakfast and sipping my latte purchased from a drive through café whilst plastering on makeup, talking on speaker phone to the office whilst driving to an appointment was the norm for me. I’m sure many of you can relate to this….?

My phone was always on and if it dinged with an email during the night, I would actually reach over and check it, reply then go back into a semi-sleep hoping to get an immediate answer to any questions I had asked in my email.  I was sufferering from a well known debilitating medical condition called “gettingthingsdoneitis”

It’s no secret that rushing is a direct cause of rudeness, mishap and blunders.  I had actually lost the ability to live in the moment, as I was always thinking of the next thing, or 20 things I had to do.  Nothing and nobody were getting the best of me. Everything began to suffer. I had to SLOWDOWN!

So when the opportunity to spend more time in Bali arose, I grabbed it with both hands.  The beautiful island paradise of rubber time.  No-one could argue that this Island operates on it’s own time. A prime example; when I asked our house keeper how long it took to walk to the market, she replied, with out a trace of sarcasm “it depends how fast you walk”. Of course it does!

So I have taken my watch off, there are no alarm clocks (our neighbours do have a rooster though), there is no TV, no internet after work hours, I answer emails only when Albie (my son) is sleeping, make up has been replaced by tinted moisturizer, and we walk a lot instead of driving - He's only 13 months old, it would be a tad Britney Spears of me to take him on the scooter. Instead of rushing off to work I enjoy the mornings and spend more time in bed, I let Albie crawl all over me and occasionally we go back to sleep (a serious NO NO if you are a stickler for routine a la Gina Ford or Tizzie Hall).

We also do a lot of what I previously thought was a waste of time - we do nothing. I sit and watch Albie play or we stand and observe in the street. Indonesians are masters of this, I have taken a leaf out of their book.

We walk up the street to the warung or street vendor for dinner, watch them cook it whilst we sip on a young coconut and enjoy the interaction - a far cry from double parking the car and running in to grab take away worrying if you have the correct change to speed up the process.

This timely “timeout” is paying dividends. I haven’t felt this inspired or refreshed in a long time….all I can say is watch this space!

PS: SanCerre womens clothing is currently designed in Australia then made in Indonesia whilst our fashion jewellery is primarily Australian made - we get people asking all the time so just thought we'd clarify.....

The successful launch of SanCerre clothing, which happened to coincide with the birth of my first child- a spunky red head named Albie (yes it was a crazy couple of months!), has afforded me (us) the luxury of living in Bali for the past two months to complete sampling of our second (and dare I say better) range.

Joining me of course was Mum (there's no show without Punch?!) and although we have worked hard to finish sampling within the allotted two months, we have definitively also slipped into the Balinese way of life- Nasi Goreng for breakfast, a scooter as preferred method of transport and greeting every person passed in the street with a well wish for their morning or afternoon.

 
Although we have enjoyed our time here immensely and loved all the people we have met and been lucky enough to work with, it is 4 month old Albie that has been the centre of attention and the focus of many conversations. It's so amazing to see grown Indonesian men so besotted and affectionate towards a baby they have never met! Indonesian people truly love babies and children, I think it has done him the world of good, to be introduced to so many loving faces at such a young age.

Sadly our time has drawn to an end, but we are excited to return home to see our first range hit the shelves. An easy to wear, easy to care for 5 capsule women’s range. The flattering designs available in three colours (black, dark cement and blush) are designed to be layered – just like our jewellery collections – allowing the wearer to work with different colours, textures, fabrics/materials to create your own unique look. Many of the new jewellery pieces launched earlier in the year have been introduced in colours to compliment the clothing.

Our second range, although expanded, is a finely tuned version of our first collection, still based around the layering concept. We will be shooting our catalogue for range 2 soon  so stay tuned for more deets!

Sarah x